Andy M has 5 things to say about singing in church. Here’s 1 of them:
OK, the whole “worship” thing. Yes, some churches misemphasise the purpose of church as being to worship God, in a sense which might suggest we are not worshipping God the other 6 days a week, and some have confused what we do in church with Old Testament cultic worship, and that we somehow enter into God’s presence when singing in church i.e. the “praise and worship” time. BUT, we evangelicals have way over-reacted against some of these errors by almost purging the word “worship” from our vocabulary all together, and removing any sense that when we gather together as God’s people we are worshipping God, or that singing can involve worship. I think we can and should acknowledge that singing does involve worshipping God, while recognizing that worship is also much more than singing.
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I agree